Nichelle Nichols as Lt. Uhura in the original “Star Trek” TV series. (Provided by StarFest Denver)

“Star Trek’s” Nichelle Nichols and “The Bionic Woman’s” Lindsay Wagner will attend Denver Comic Con 2015 over Memorial Day Weekend, May 23-25, with a launch night on Friday, May 22.

More than 80,000 people attended this year’s DCC which ran from June 13-15. For now, it’s unknown whether the move to Memorial Day weekend will net con-goers another day — or half day — as the launch night is a preview of the con that may or may not be open to the general public.

What can we learn from Superman and Wonder Woman, other than the fact that flying is awesome? (Provided by Downtown Bookworks)

There’s no shortage of sci-fi, fantasy, and comic-book culture aimed at budding brains these days.

But a trio of new books goes straight for the nerd gene (and nerd parents’ wallets) by putting arcane vocabulary, legit logic and encyclopedic knowledge of superheroes front and center in learning.

Whether you want to raise your kids to be rock-solid argumentative souls, dedicated gamers, or comic book devotees (or hell, all three) publishers are mining classic geek material for book-length educational products. It was bound to happen.

Check them out below, and see how we rank them according to our patent-pending, entirely objective scale-of-1-to-10 Nerd Book System.

In 2010, fans made a hashtag campaign titled #Donald4SpiderMan to support a bid for the actor to star as Peter Parker in “The Amazing Spider-Man.” While the role eventually went to Andrew Garfield, the campaign helped inspire the creation of the Morales character.

According to an interview with the Associated Press in 2011, comic book writer Brian Michael Bendis wanted to create an African-American Spider-Man. He saw Glover wearing Spider-Man pajamas on “Community” — a shout-out to the #Donald4SpiderMan campaign — and said he “knew he was on the right track.”

The July 16, 2014 issue of Entertainment Weekly – Comic-Con Preview edition — features an exclusive look at the Avengers Age of Ultron on the cover. (Entertainment Weekly/Marco Grob/Marvel 2014)

Avengers Assemble!

Entertainment Weekly is giving Marvel fans the first official look at Ultron (played by James Spader) in “Avengers: Age of Ultron” as well as a sneak peek at some of the new costumes for Iron Man and Captain America.

According to EW, the movie’s plot entails Tony Stark creating an artificial intelligence named Ultron in an effort to give him and his fellow superhero friends a break from crime-fighting. Ultron’s purpose is to seek out criminals and dispatch robots to deal with them. Of course, the plan backfires and the Avengers must deal with a destructive A.I. that now sees human life as the ultimate problem.

This issue of EW serves as a preview for the San Diego Comic Con coming up July 24. Right now, fans can view screens from the upcoming movie, which include photos of newcomers Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch, at ew.com.

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Screenshot of @Variety’s announcement that Robbie Amell is coming to CW’s “The Flash” as Firestorm.

So, I will be the first to admit this is just pure speculation. But it’s the kind of speculation that makes my nerd juices rage hardcore.

Amidst all the reaction to the Robbie Amell/Firestorm casting announcement for “The Flash”, Stephen Amell tweeted something that *might* suggest there *could* be a possibility that The CW’s DC Universe family could join the JLA.

When Jaymen Johnson attended previous comic cons in Colorado and Arizona, he managed his sci-fi schedule around his cannabis calendar.

“We would smoke in the hotel before we left, and then we’d get high in the parking lot when we got there, and then we’d find different places around the comic con’s halls to get high while we were there,” said Johnson, owner of the Speak Easy Vape Lounge in Colorado Springs.

It was exhausting, Johnson said. And the conundrum got him thinking: “What if there was a comic con in the same vein of those events that was cannabis-friendly?”

And so Chromic Con was born: A con for the chronic set, debuting at three marijuana lounges in Denver and Colorado Springs on Sept. 13 with special appearances, artist signings, live music and plenty of cosplay.

A fan in a very detailed costume (Photo By Hugh Johnson/The Denver Post)

Denver Comic Con is a marathon of comics, heroes, costumes, toys, games and, of course, walking.

The Colorado Convention Center looks big from the outside, sure, but it is massive on the inside. It took me the better part of an hour to get acclimated to the immensity of the convention. Two days and a couple blisters later, I explored the vast realm of Comic Con in an attempt to tell other con newbies what it’s like.

This year was Mariah Stewart-Shelafo’s first Denver Comic Con. Her family enjoys Doctor Who, Firefly and Star Trek, so they figured a trip to DCC would be the perfect Father’s Day gift. After seeing a few panels featuring Doctor Who’s Peter Davison and Sylvester McCoy, and a Whedonverse panel about all things Joss Whedon, Stewart-Shelafo was astonished by the fan art.

“All of the vendors and the original artwork just really blew me away,” she said. “I wasn’t expecting to see so much original artwork here and it’s all really good.”

She reveled in the experience and plans to return next year in full costume.

Rather than ask what you can do at Comic Con, it might be easier to ask what you can’t do.

Chris Hemsworth (Thor) and Robert Downey Jr. (Iron man) show their support.

This is a story about a horrible thing. And about the goodness of people. And about how superheroes walk among us every day, performing seemingly small feats that end up being monumental for others.

And how a man dying of cancer had a wish come true.

Stratford Caldecott was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer in October 2011. In early May 2014, he was given about 12 weeks to live.

Stratford’s daughter Sophie wrote about her dad’s struggle with cancer. She shared that Stratford has been a comic book fan since childhood and that his 60th birthday was superhero themed. And, that he was unfortunately too ill to go see “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” in the theater.

A prequel to Batman, the show focuses on Commissioner Jim Gordon (Ben McKenzie of “The O.C.”) and his rise from a rookie detective in the police department.

From Fox:

“Gotham” is an origin story of the great DC Comics super villains and vigilantes, revealing an entirely new chapter that has never been told. From executive producer/writer Bruno Heller (“The Mentalist,” “Rome”), “Gotham” follows one cop’s rise through a dangerously corrupt city teetering on the edge of evil and chronicles the birth of one of the most popular super heroes of our time.